Ask Instructor David Barrett

Hi David,

  Besides - 'The History of the Blues Harmonica Concert' and ' It Takes Three '  (I have already pruchased both)...

do you have any other harmonica  albums ?  If so, would you consider releasing them on Amazon to allow for purchase via

downloading the album ?  (would love to see a 'History of the Blues Harmonica - Part 2' )

           Thanks for the great work you do ! continue reading...

hi David,

is the tip of tongue inside lower lip (between lip and teeth) at all times?

is that a question for 'shakes,slaps and pulls etc' for later in my video lessons?

Hi, Dave:

When your students write their first instrumental in 2nd position, you require them to use all of the chorus forms. When submitting original songs for LOA-10, do you require students to use all chorus forms in each instrumental, or should we just use whatever chorus forms sound best for the song? I ask just to make sure... I'm pretty sure you want whatever sounds best for the song.

Also, for the 3rd position instrumental, does it need to be on a diatonic harmonica or could it be on chromatic harmonica?

Thanks,

Marc

Hi David,

What makes a good fill. I try and mix and match different licks from the study songs, or try and create something out of my head when I'm practicing the chorus forms, but they still don't sound very good or interesting.

Many thanks,

Paul

Deer teacher

Its possible I can anwser my question in futur but....

I memorize my pitch and scale degree on C harmonica but its first position. If I whant to improvise with a licks inside 12 bars, I have to memorize the scale degree for second and third position C harmonica? I supose 90 % of my play is sec position. If I grab a licks I need to write him in sec position scale degree to be able to play correctly with chords I-IV-V or just construct something interresting to listen. Do you whant I memorize all position scale degree?

Thank you continue reading...

deer teacher

Im a little confuse with the circle to understand low and hi tunning

ex : F harp in second position = C or lowF = C ??

thank you

Yanic

Hey David.

In Level 1,2,3 and 4 you get Music theory study 1 (Section 1,2,3,4) 

Is there a difference between those lessons? They are the same? 

Cheers, 

Bernd

Good evening David,

Im looking for a new pedal to add to my amp. Do you have new recommendations since your videos? I see Boss has an RV-6 now with a Reverb+delay setting. Is this model still good for harp? If you are familiar with it does it cover both a delay and reverb?

Thanks,

Mark

Good evening David,

If I try and play licks from study songs which are slow and then try and place them in the music from study songs which are faster in tempo, they dont seem to feel right. Is there anything which I can do to make them fit or feel right. The reason I ask this question is because I really like the faster paced music i.e music from the split more than the slower music but want to use as many licks as I can from all the study songs. Hope this makes sense.

Kind Regards,

Paul

Hi David, looking for some tips on controlling dynamics in my playing. When I play it sounds ok in my head, but when I record it and listen back, it's pretty much all the same level. Also really struggling with things that are supposed to be more legato and making them flow.